First Week of School! First Week of School!

This past week was SO. BUSY. Starting school as a teacher has been a whirlwind of seating charts, lesson plans, worksheets, and countless other stuff. My to do list seems to get longer every day, instead of shorter. But as weird as it may sound, I'm LOVING it! The weekend was great because I had time to rest and get ready for a new week, but I've also missed being at the school a lot. I know, I'm crazy! 

Jake had the day off on Saturday, so we got to spend the day together, which is a rare thing for us lately. We had a friend's wedding that evening, which was so awesome to be at! I can't believe that Tuesday is our 2nd year wedding anniversary. We've basically served a mission together! ;)

My Summer Ends

This past week was my last one of summer break! Tomorrow (Monday) I have an all-day-long orientation at the middle school, and Tuesday is a paid prep day, then Wednesday school starts! 

I found out last week that I'm working with *drumroll* EIGHTH GRADERS!! I was SO excited when I got that info, since it's the grade I've been hoping and praying for. The middle school has kids from 6th-8th grade, and since I wanna eventually work in a high school, I was really hoping to get experience with the oldest kids I possibly could. My mentor teacher's name is Mrs. Wagoner, and she is AMAZING! I got to meet her last Thursday when she invited me to a curriculum meeting with the entire 8th grade Language Arts department, which was super nice and not necessary, but it was such an awesome gesture and a great start to our work together. She's super sweet and also has a pet dachshund, so it's the beginning of a beautiful friendship! 

Zoe's Duck Park Obsession

This past week was another lazy one!! We took Zoe to the park every evening, and she had fun chasing ducks and sniffing mud as usual. She has become pretty adventurous, going out onto the little lakes at the park and hardcore swimming to try and catch the ducks! We bring her home every night soaking wet haha. She loves it!!
It's crazy that this week is my last full week of summer break. Next Monday (the 22nd) I have my orientation at the middle school, and then the year begins that Wednesday! I'm almost there!!

August Fun

This past week was another normal one for Jake, Zoe and I. We went on lots of walks to the local duck pond (Zoe's new favorite place) and laughed over and over at how excited Zoe gets when she sees the ducks. She loves to chase them, the little turd! 

Thursday evening we got together with our next door neighbors and had a fun time. They cooked us dinner and we brought dessert, and we played some Apples to Apples and talked and laughed for a few hours. We'd been talking about doing something like that for over a year, so it was great to finally do it! It was so fun.